Allstate Advance Look Building Inspections

Founded: 1989 Franchising since: 1996

39 Elmwood Ave. Barre, Vermont 05641

Franchisor has 5 employee(s); 5 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2006	79	1	0	1
2005	65	1	0	1

Where Seeking Franchisees
In the U.S. Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North carolina, New hampshire, New jersey, New mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South carolina, Tennessee, Texas, United states, Utah, Vermont, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.

Total investment: $33.3K-58.1K Franchise fee: $23.9K

Ongoing royalty fee: 7.5% Term of agreement: 6 years, renewable

Type of Financing Available

	In-House	Third Party
Franchise Fee	No	Yes
Startup Costs	No	Yes
Equipment	No	Yes
Inventory	No	No
Accounts Receivable	No	No
Payroll	No	No

Qualifications
Cash liquidity requirement: $7.9K-24K
Business Experience:

• Industry experience
• 4 hours marketing skills training, 5 supervised inspections, 5 independent inspections, 40+ hours home inspection training

Operations

• Franchise can be run from home
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1 - 3
• Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 10 days
• As many as 15 days refresher & continuing education per year

Ongoing Support

• Newsletter
• Meetings
• Toll-free phone line
• Internet
• Field operations/evaluations

Marketing Support

• Ad slicks
• National media
• Regional advertising

Other marketing support

• Telephone Outreach Project (TOP)

Franchise 500® rank:
#380 (2007); #268 (2006); #372 (2005);

Low-Cost Franchises:
#100 (2007); #63 (2006); #105 (2005);

Top Home Based Franchises:
#68 (2006);